The end of an era on Syracuse's North Side

Michelle GabelSister Mary Bernard Sabel (far left), of Syracuse, says thank you and goodbye to Dom Principato Aug. 3, the last day that Peter & Sons Tailor and Cleaner was open for business. "They have been so good to many people,'' Sabel said. "God will take care of them. It's time for them to retire but we will miss them.''

On Aug. 2, I wrote a column about the closing of Peter & Sons Tailor and Dry Cleaner, a business which opened on Syracuse's North Side 77 years ago.

Post-Standard photographer Michelle Gabel spent a year with Minnie as he sorted through lots of clothing that people left behind over the decades and as he faced the difficult task of closing a hub on the city's North Side.